A probable cause hearing was held for Genevieve Meyers, the L'Anse woman accused of murdering a toddler in December of 2017.
In December of 2017, Genevieve Meyers was made the legal guardian of her two year old nephew Walker Meyers.
On December 23, 2017, she brought the child to Baraga County Medical Hospital with several bruises. The child was airlifted to the Children's Hospital of Wisconsin in Milwaukee where he died later that night. The autopsy from that night stated that the bruises the child sustained were the result of abuse and the death was ruled a homicide.
"The child was physically abused and he died because of it," said Dr. Hillary Petska, a child abuse specialist at the Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin.
"You can say that with a reasonable degree of medical certainty?" asked Baraga County Prosecuting Attorney Joseph O’Leary.
“I can," Petska answered.
The defense argued that the child had a history of self-harm corroborated by a Dr. Beatty; to which Dr. Petska pointed out that the there was no way the injuries could have been the result of self-harm.
"He had bruising over almost every surface of his body,” said Dr. Petska. “He had patterned bruising in several locations as well."
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